Edelgriess glacier
| Edelgriess glacier | ||
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 View of the snow / firn field in Edelgriess from the Edelgriesshöhe |
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| location | Styria | |
| Mountains | Dachstein Mountains | |
| Type | Kar glacier Karst glacier | |
| surface | 0.4 km² (?) | |
| Exposure | south | |
| Altitude range | 2560 m above sea level A. - 2490 m above sea level A. | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 27 '50 " N , 13 ° 38' 15" E | |
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| particularities | Snow supply through avalanches, inactive firn field | |
As Edelgrieß glacier one is Firnfleck in the southern slopes of the Dachstein referred.
Location and description
The Edelgrieß glacier at the southern foot of the Koppenkarsteine (2836 m and 2865 m) was considered the only ice field in Styria for a long time and was / is also the only south-facing patch of glacier on the Dachstein, its nutrition is primarily provided by the annual avalanches from the walls of the Koppenkarsteine . Due to the small size, the practically no longer existing flow movement and a z. The firn patch , which was previously known as the Toter Knecht , the Little Schladminger Glacier or the Ramsauer Glacier , can no longer be called a glacier .
Late glacial glacier stands
Roman Moser mentions moraine from a dawn age glacier (around 12,000 years ago) northwest of the Austriahütte at an altitude of 1460, 1520 and 1590 m, moraine remains at around 2000 m before the steep drop to the Austriahütte are said to belong to the Egesen stage .
The high level of 1850 and the retreat phases
The maximum extent of the Edelgriess glacier at the time of the high level of 1850 can only be indicated vaguely, as concrete measurements or moraines are missing. Friedrich Simony gives the edge of the glacier at an altitude of 2350 m, but points out that the far-reaching moraine debris would indicate a significantly larger extent around 1850. According to a description by G. Geyer from 1880, "the glacier descends steeply from the Hinteren Thürlscharte between Kleines Koppenkarstein and Hinterer Thürlspitze, forms a small firn plateau at the foot of the Kleiner and Großer Koppenkarstein and then hangs down at a right angle to the south into the gorge " ().
In 1952 the Edelgrieß glacier had long since melted back into the cirque at the foot of the Koppenkarstein walls. At the end of the seventies of the 20th century, the Edelgrieß glacier only gave the impression of a larger patch of snow, ice or crevices could no longer be detected.
literature
- Erik Arnberger , Erwin Wilthum: The glaciers of the Dachsteinstock in the past and present II. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 98, Linz 1953, pp. 187-217, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
- Geyer, G. Tourist information about the Dachstein group. Z. d. D. u. Ö. Alpine Club Vol. 12: 1881; Pp. 240-310
- Hochhold, R., The glaciers of the Dachstein group . Geographic Institute of the Univ. Innsbruck. 1978; Digitized: The glaciers of the Dachstein group
- Roman Moser: The glaciation in the Dachstein and its traces in advance. Dissertation at the Geographical Institute of the University of Innsbruck, 1954.
- Roman Moser: The Edelgrieß Glacier - the only glacier in Styria. In: Mitt. Naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark, Volume 100, Graz 1971, pp. 105-110, PDF on ZOBODAT
- Roman Moser: Dachstein Glacier and its traces in advance. Musealverein Hallstatt (Ed.), Hallstatt 1997, 143 pages.
- Richter, E., The Glaciers of the Eastern Alps. Manuals for German. Landes-u. Folklore 3. Stuttgart: 1888; P. 306 pages.
- Friedrich Simony: The Dachstein area. A geographical character image from the Austrian Northern Alps. E. Hölzl, Vienna 1895, 152 pages.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hochhold, R., 1978: p. 12
- ↑ Moser, R., 1997: p. 43
- ↑ Simony, Fr., 1895: p. 141
- ^ Richter, E., 1888: p. 70
- ↑ Moser, R., 1997: p. 43
- ^ Moser, R., 1954: p. 49
- ↑ Simony, Fr., 1895: p. 141
- ^ Geyer, G., 1881: 293 Quotation from: Hochhold, R., 1978: p. 85
- ^ Moser, R., 1954: p. 150
- ^ Hochhold, R., 1978: p. 85